African communication studies: applications and interventions

ABSTRACT In this introductory essay to the second of two themed issues, “(Re)Theorizing Communication Studies from African Perspectives,” we examine the possibilities created by applying African perspectives in communication studies. We first overview the trajectories initiated by previous African communication scholarship before turning to the applications and interventions highlighted within this issue. Throughout this issue, we invite our readers to acknowledge the previous work that has allowed for African communication studies to be where it is now, and to join us in supporting the scholars yet to be recognized and the futures they labor to create.